Friday, January 05, 2007

CBNSat now almost fully operational

Thats right people. Now CBNsat is at least 95% operational and continuing to move upward. Looks like the free viewing of HBO, HBO Signature and Cinemax are now over since CBNsat have broken their channels into packages and we hear that Zee Cinema is also in the premium package since most of the non premium customers who keep in touch with us do not seem to be receiving Zee Cinema. Please confirm this.

News is also coming in that Zoom, Raj TV and maybe Raj Digital have been dropped from the lineup and Rupavahini, Channel Eye and ITN will come aboard CBNsat very soon for the subscribers who require these channels due to coverage problems of the local channels. It is confirmed that Goal TV 1 and 2 have been dropped but Fashion TV may come back or not and this has not been decided as yet. However we wish all the local channels come aboard CBNsat since no one is going to be bothered to keep the booster (only applies for anyone using boosters) and the decoder switched on at the same time and waste precious electricity. Usually the booster is off when the decoder is on and to check what is being broadcast over the local channels mean to get up from the seat and walk towards the television and turn on the booster to check what the local channels are showing, what a hassle. So if the local channels want to keep viewership among CBNsat customers you have GET ABOARD CBNSAT this includes all the local English Language TV Stations too.

We are also getting reports that the subscribers will be billed from this month onwards. This means that all operations have started and all that has to happen is for CBNsat to relaunch officially and start selling connections. In addition the ICC Cricket World Cup is around the corner and it seems that SET MAX will also be available on CBNsat soon and probably that is why the channel called RESERVED is there or the CBNSAT PROMO channel.

Further Disney and Toon Disney Channels will come aboard once CBNsat secures the third transponder together with a host of other channels and hopefully Star World, Star Movies and Ten Sports are among those channels.

Please keep us updated on the latest regarding CBNsat as the days progress.

13 comments:

619 said...

LBN's test transmission started from yesterday .
check the site
http://www.lbn.lk/index.html

619 said...

see the rentle of LBN.
1100 for premium package

HBO
HBO Signature
Cinemax
Star Movies
Zee Studio
Zee Trendz
ESPN,
Star Sports
Star World
AXN
Disney
Toon Disney
Nick
Cartoon Network
Zee Cinema
Zee TV
Fashion TV
God TV
NGC
History
channel V
VH1
MTV
Zee Trendz
etc.....


see they have small customer base. but how do they give these all for this price. and why CBN cant?t

bank_dude said...

Jesika,

I think since they are transmitting through cable network, the cost is less than transponder allocation cost. I think they have that advantage.

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riky said...

Jesikata,Thiyena prashna Sadam Hussain tawath thiyenna nethuwa ethi,

Sanjeev Thurusinghe said...

One thing not to forget that in any network the entertainment you received in your television equipment remains same. The operator’s cannot enhance or improve the content. End of the day service & price matters.

Although CBN / LBN have the digital transmission, if you compared the COMET price still its on the higher end. Installation & packages. Only way to over come the situation is all operators get to gather & negotiate with channel broadcasters to have some programs for Srilankan viewers.

riky said...

Umba Hari Kula,Jesika nikan Toyota karekakui,Marutiyakui sansandanaya karanawa,Aduma gane Hutch eka apey Dialog eka langinwath thiyanna bei ney.Ewage thamai LBN ekai,CBN ekai.

Amalka said...

i didn't get my CBN connection yet.when can i get the my CBN equipment....

Ama

Curious Kani said...

What I really like to have in the near future is the ability to customize the list of channel I’m receiving. The reason is simple. I don’t have the time to watch all these channels. So it’s better if I can keep some channels which I can’t live without and drop some channels which I can live without.

Over to you CBNsat!
What do u say guys?

bank_dude said...
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bank_dude said...

Cable guy, what you are saying is true. You can create favourite lists. But what Rabbithole is referring to customize the package. That means omitting un-wanted channels and select what required. For that CBN has to assing a value for each channel. I'm not sure whether they do that because it really affect their income. Company like Dialog..?? I wonder they do that.

justavisitor said...

Has cbnsat stopped transmission in the morning today. I'm not getting signals.

justavisitor said...

CBNSat has started giving new connections. check cbnsat.com